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WAUGOSHANCE
LIGHT
State: MICHIGAN
Location: NW OF WAUGOSHANCE ISLAND/LAKE MICHIGAN
Nearest City: WAUGOSHANCE ISLAND
County: EMMET
U.S.C.G. District: 9
Year Station Established: 1832
Existing Historic Tower:
- Year Light First Lit: 1851
- Is the Light Operational? NO
- Date Deactivated: 1912
- Automated:
- Foundation Materials: TIMBER CRIB FILLED
W/STONE
- Construction Materials: BRICK ENCASED W/IRON
PLATE
- Markings/Patterns: NATURAL
- Shape: CONICAL (ENCASED IN IRON IN 1883)
- Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
- Tower Height: 76
- Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
- Year Original Lens Installed:
- Present Optic: REMOVED
- Year Present Lens Installed:
- Height of Focal Plane:
- Fresnel Lens Disposition:
- Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
1. Construction Date: 1832
Description: WOODEN LIGHTSHIP
Fate/Disposition: REPLACED WITH 1851 TOWER
Modern Tower? NO
Existing Sound Signal Building? UNKNOWN
- Year Constructed: 1883
- Construction Materials:
- Architectural Style:
- Fog Signal Type: ORIG. BELL, STEAM WHISTLE
Existing Keepers Quarters? YES (BURNED OUT SHELL)
- Year Constructed: 1852
- Number of Stories: 2.5
- Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
- Construction Materials: BRICK/IRON PLATE
Other Structures:
Current Use: ABANDONED
Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD
Open to the Public? NO
Web Site:
LINK
National Register Status: LISTED Reference #83000841
Name of Listing: WAUGOSHANCE LIGHT STATION (U.S. COAST GUARD/GREAT LAKES
TR) On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:
Miscellaneous: 1ST MAJOR CRIB STRUCTURE BUILT FOR A LIGHTHOUSE ON
GREAT LAKES; PIER RECONSTRUCTED 1870; USED "BIRDCAGE LANTERN"; REPLACED BY
WHITE SHOAL & GRAYS REEF LIGHTS |
